Ref. Ares(2020)2088693 - 16/04/2020
Annex 3: Service Report for FRONTEX regarding 2019-2020 RPAS
operation in Greece
1. Overview on the RPAS operation
Support to Coast Guard Functions and General maritime surveillance with a focus mainly on maritime
surveillance operations which includes SAR, Maritime Border Patrol, General Law Enforcement, Fisheries
Control and Marine Environmental Protection.
Stakeholders: EMSA provides the service to FRONTEX and the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG).
RPAS contractor:
Timeline of the contract
Specific Contract (SC)#5 under Framework Contract EMSA/Op/1/2018
was signed on 22 August 2019 between EMSA and
According to its terms,
should be ready to start
operations on 08 September 2019. The foreseen duration of SC#5 was 90 days.
Timeline of the operation:
Missions were scheduled on a 7 out of 7 basis. The Aircraft performed in December-January
flight hours
under Frontex command following acceptance of the service for operations. Endurances ranged from
FH/mission.
Aircraft:
Satellite communications:
RPAS data centre:
2. Location, area of operation and operational command
The following map shows the initial division of
areas of interest. However, Frontex only activated during the 90
days service those areas
The area of operation covered extensive areas of the
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EMSA, Praça Europa 4, 1249-206 Lisbon, Portugal / emsa.europa.eu
The local ground control station
was located at
and the take-off and
landings used the base runway.
3. Chronology of events
08 Sept – 15 Sept – Transport from Iceland to
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4. Main outcomes
5. Supporting documents
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